Awards

Yerkes Award

The Chuck Yerkes Award is presented annually in recognition of
outstanding individual contributions in online forums over the past
year. It was created after Chuck Yerkes' untimely death in 2004 to memorialize the mentorship he provided countless system
administrators through his helpful and accurate posts to system
administration mailing lists. Each year, an awards committee selects
someone who followed Chuck's example in the prior year in their
contributions to system administration online forums—whether mailing
lists, web forums, or chat rooms. From 2005–2008, the USENIX Association
presented this award. Beginning in 2009, the Chuck Yerkes Award is
presented by LOPSA.